## 4.4. Marking Your Place

During a vi session, you can mark your place in the file with an invisible "bookmark," perform edits elsewhere, then return to your marked place. In command mode:

`m` `x`
  Marks the current position with x (x can be any letter).
`'``x`
  (apostrophe) Moves the cursor to the first character of the line marked by x.
````x`
  (backquote) Moves the cursor to the character marked by x.
````
  (backquotes) Returns to the exact position of the previous mark or context after a move.
`''`
  (apostrophes) Returns to the beginning of the line of the previous mark or context.

> NOTE: Place markers are set only during the current vi session; they are not stored in the file.

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